ILD comparisons | p value | PAH comparisons | p value | |||
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ILD (n = 58) | No ILD (n = 76) | PAH (n = 11) | No PAH (n = 123) | |||
Quantitative NVC features | ||||||
Capillary density (n) ª | 4.86 (4.14–5.80) | 5.88 (4.74–6.85) | 0.005* | 5.47 (5.00–5.83) | 5.42 (4.31–6.74) | 0.997 |
Enlarged capillaries (n) ª | 0.84 (0.31–1.53) | 0.85 (0.39–1.58) | 0.738 | 0.56 (0.25–0.93) | 0.91 (0.40–1.61) | 0.128 |
Giant capillaries (n) ª | 0.26 (0.00–0.64) | 0.30 (0.04–1.07) | 0.362 | 0.06 (0.00–0.40) | 0.29 (0.03–1.02) | 0.167 |
Microhaemorrhages (n) ª | 0.12 (0.00–0.38) | 0.13 (0.00–0.42) | 0.735 | 0.06 (0.00–0.22) | 0.14 (0.00–0.40) | 0.101 |
Tortuous capillaries (n) ª | 0.45 (0.19–1.31) | 0.72 (0.28–1.49) | 0.216 | 0.63 (0.25–1.71) | 0.59 (0.23–1.43) | 0.773 |
Neoangiogenesis (n) ª | 0.56 (0.23–1.28) | 0.31 (0.12–0.62) | 0.005* | 0.70 (0.47–1.80) | 0.33 (0.12–0.78) | 0.007* |
Qualitative NVC features | ||||||
Cutolo’s pattern, early/active/late | 8 (13.8)/23 (39.7)/23 (39.7) | 15 (19.7)/36 (47.4)/14 (18.4) | 0.366/0.373/0.006* | 1 (9.1)/4 (36.4)/6 (54.5) | 21 (17.9)/52 (44.4)/29 (24.8) | 0.688/0.755/0.069 |